578:14 Second Session Monday

My second session of the day, this time I played for 57 minutes, taking my total time to 578:14 hours.

Some of the songs were played twice today.

Boss by Chris Lee, House of the Rising Sun by The Animals (x2), My Generation by The Who. Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd (x2), Use Somebody by Kings of Leon, Walk This Way by Aerosmith (x2), We Are The Champions by Queen (x2), Where is My Mind? by Pixies, You Really Got Me by The Kinks (x2).

577.1 A Monday lunchtime session

Today's effort involved 33 minutes of playing, taking my total time played to 577:17 hours logged.

This is mostly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, but a smattering from YouTube and tabs. Occasionally I get a session with a band and we have been working on Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones.

Songs attempted today were:

American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, Losing My Religion by REM, My Generation by The Who, Pinball Wizard by The Who, Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley, and Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand.

576.7 Sunday evening session

A slight change in format now, as I have moved my spreadsheet into Google sheets in the hope of making it a little more flexible for accessing the data.

With my other half, we've picked out a number of songs that we have in mind for performing at buskers nights. These songs have been added to my 'to learn' list.

I was also surprised to find that I am learning 135 different songs via the Rocksmith, and also from a combination sitting in with band rehearsals and from YouTube videos and tabs.

In this session I played for 37 minutes, and I am now up to 576 hours and 44 minutes total logged practice time.

This evening I had a go at:

Blitzkrieg Bop by  Ramones, American Idiot by Green Day, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Where is My Mind? by Pixies, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley, Losing My Religion by REM, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, My Generation by The Who, and Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard.

576.1 Some time on the torture device known as the riff repeater

I have spent 576 hours 6 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 13 minutes.

As well as playing the four songs, I spent about 20 minutes playing the chorus of R U Mine over and over again. I can't consistently manage no errors though, and I thought it best to stop as my wrist was starting to ache.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 207 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

575.8 A short session this lunchtime

I have spent 575 hours 53 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 18 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 206 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard Use Somebody by Kings of Leon, Thunder Kiss '65 by White Zombie, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Surf Hell by Little Barrie, and Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence by The Dear Hunter.

575.5 Another Wet Wednesday lunchtime

It's lunchtime, it's Wednesday, and it's raining outside. I might as well get the guitar out again.

I have spent 575 hours 34 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 32 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 206 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In Drop D Unnatural Selection by Muse.
In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, I Got Mine by The Black Keys, I Want Some More by Dan Auerbach, and Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley.

575 An extra hour sneaked in

As the Beaver Scout meetings have shut down for the summer holidays, I decided to abuse the laptop's battery and play a few songs before going to buskers. This update is actually from last night, but I had laptop issues :-S.

I found it interesting that Alan and Dave that run the night (Bluebell Pub in Washington Tuesday evenings 1930 to 2130 approx) understand that I don't want to get up and play until I am confident that I can manage to play songs from start to finish.

So why don't other people that count themselves as friends understand and accept my viewpoint?

One said something along the lines of "you will get up and play Snowflake", which is why I stopped going to that particular buskers.

As well was playing the songs, I also looked at some of the other facilities the Rocksmith 2014 game has.

There are a variety of lessons, today I sampled the Chords 101, where the game shows you how to play Em7, Em, and Emajor chords. After showing you the fingering, it gets you to play the chords in a short song. I managed 100% accuracy, although this was only 23 notes long! I got a "flawless" performance.

I had a go at the Score Attack game for California Dreaming, earning 22901 ponts which put me at #67 in my "local" area. I have no idea how large that area is, but I suspect it reflects the lack of popularity of the song why I was so highly ranked.

There is also a play for x minutes option, I tried this out for 15 minutes and got London's Calling, Stuck On A Wire, Peace of Mind, and Thunderkiss '65 to play. the game then tempted me to play X-Kid again, but I was needing to be away by then.


I have spent 575 hours 2 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 63 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 205 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley, R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys, Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones, Drops of Jupiter by Train, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas, Losing My Religion by REM, X-Kid by Green Day, Some Nights by FUN., Thunder Kiss '65 by White Zombie, Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence by The Dear Hunter, Peace of Mind by Boston, London Calling by The Clash
In Eb Drop D My Own Summer (Shove It) by Deftones